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A Liquid Crystal Modulator

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Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 169))

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The use of a liquid crystal as an optical modulator for use with a resonant scattering spectrometer has been investigated. Preliminary data indicate that using this simple device velocity signals corresponding to 5 minute oscillations have been detected.

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  1. J. R. Brookes, G. R. Isaak and H. B. van der Raay, Mon Not R astr Soc 185 (1978) 1.

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  2. E. B. Priestly, P. J. Wojtowicz and D. Sheng, Introduction to liquid crystals, Plenum Press NY (1974).

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  1. Physics Department, Birmingham University, UK

    D. G. Eccles, Y. Elsworth & H. B. Van Der Raay

  2. I.A.C., Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    P. L. Palle & T. Roca Cortes

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  1. D. G. Eccles
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  2. Y. Elsworth
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  3. H. B. Van Der Raay
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  1. Institute of Astronomy and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    D. O. Gough

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© 1986 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Eccles, D.G., Elsworth, Y., Van Der Raay, H.B., Palle, P.L., Roca Cortes, T. (1986). A Liquid Crystal Modulator. In: Gough, D.O. (eds) Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars. NATO ASI Series, vol 169. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4608-8_38

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